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TCKET ISSUING MACHINE.

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Jan. 9, 1923. 1,441,976. C. 0. FEDDERN.

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TICKET ISSUING MACHINE.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CARL O. FEDDERN, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO GLOBE TICKET COMPANY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION OF PENNSYL-- VANIA.

TICKET-ISSUING MACHINE.

Application filed December 4, 1920.

T0 all whom t mag/concern.'

Be it known that I, Cani, O. FEDDERN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Germantown, Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in Ticket-Issuing Machines, of which the following ,is a specification.

My present invention relates to machines for issuing tickets, checks and the like, and it pertains more particularly to machines for issuing ticket-s which are punched, or otherwise marked in a suitable manner, to impart to the ticket some` definite meaning with respect to its use. The` primary object of the invention is to provide a novel and improved machine for issuing appropriately marked tickets to be used as an indication of the fare to be paid on electric, or other railway lines, operating on the so-called zone system of fare collection, inv which system a ticket is issued to the passenger at the station where the passenger boards the car, or on the car by the conductor at the point where the passenger boards the car to commence his ride, such ticket having marked thereon the zone or station at which the ride of the passenger commences, such ticket to be held or retained by the passenger until he reaches his destination or point of leaving the car, whereupon the passenger surrenders such ticket and pays the fare for the distance travelled, which amounts to the fare from the point of issue, as indicated or marked on the ticket, to the Zone or station at which the passengers ride terminates. IVhile the invention is particularly adapted for use in connection with a fare collection system of the kind Iiust described, other uses for a machine of the character hereinafter described will become apparent, The ticket .issuing machine provided by the present invention enables the tickets to be fed without diiiiculty from a long strip, whether in the form of a roll or a bundle, the operations of setting the machine to mark the ticket, as desired. and of marking, severing and delivering the ticket, may be performed expeditiously and with facility, and safety devices are provided to prevent performance of the markingoperation unless the machine is set to correctly mark the ticket and to limit each operation of the machine to the issuance of a single ticket.

Serial No. 428,305.

To these and other ends, the invention consists in certain improvements and combination and arrangements of parts, all as will be hereinafter more fully described, the features of novelty being pointed out particularly in the claims at the end of the specification.

In the accompanying drawings Figure l is a side elevation of a ticket issuing machine constructed in accordance with one embodiment of the invention, the casing of the machine being omitted;

Figure 2 represents an end elevation of the machine, as viewed from the left in Figure l;

Figure 3 is an end elevation ofthe machine, as viewed from the right in Figure l;

Figure 4 is a detail view, on an enlarged scale, of the mechanisms for punching and severing the tickets;

Figure 5 is a top plan view of the mechanism shown in Figure 4;

Figure 6 is a detail perspective view illustrating the cooperative relation between the punches and the shiftable actuating member therefor;

Figure 7 is an exterior elevation of the upper portion of one side of the machine, showing one of the sight-openings through which the indicia on the dial may be viewed;

Figure 8 is a similar view of the machine as viewed from the front, showing the sightopening at that side of the machine; and

Figure 9 illustrates one form of ticket adapted to be marked and issued by the machine.

Similar parts are designated by the same reference characters in the several views.

The machine may be described generally as connnfising means for eiliciently feeding the tickets from a strip, whether in a roll or in folded forni, means for punching or otherwise marking the tickets appropriately, a knife for severing the tickets successively from the strip, the feeding means being so constructed that it will. insure correct registration between the punching or marking means and the knife and the corresponding portions of the tickets, and setting means for the punching or marking mea-ns, the setting means preferably embodying an indicator which will show the punching or marking for which the machine is set. In addition to these principal elements, the.

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machine also embodies preferably a device which will prevent operatio'i ofthe nching or marking means unless the machine is prop erly set for the intended punching or ma ing, a device which will insure the proper degree of advance of th strip for e ch ticket to be issued and which will limit the inachine to the issuance of a single ticket at cach operation thereof, and it is also preferable to provide an auxiliary feeding device which will enable the last ticket on the strip to he led. rEhe preferred embodiment of the inrention is shown in the accompanying drawing and will he hereinafter ies(:i.ibed in detail. lt is to be noted, however, that the invention is not restricted to the precise construction and arrangement shown, as equivalent constriu-rtions and arrangements of elements capal'ile of periliorining substantially the functions of the principal elements of the machine are contemplated and these will be included within the scope of the claims.

ln the present instance, the machine conn prises a suitablefraine 1 which serves to support the various elements or mechanisi s of the machine. rlhe ticket or tickets to he issued by the machine are preferably printed, or otherwise prepared in the form of a strip 2 which contains a suitahle number of the tickets, and this strip is preferably wound into a roll 3, which is adapted to he fitted upon a sleeve el, which is ournalled on a shaft 5, the latter being fixed to a suitable part of the frame at one end thereof., the opposite end of this shaft being preferably unattached relatively to the frame, in order to facilitate applica-tion of a fresh roll of ticlfets. 1n some instances, it may be preferable to employ a strip which is folded into zig-Zag forni, instead of forming the strip into a roll and in such instances, the folds of the stri p may he simply placed in the hot-toni of the casing of the machine with the folds et' the strip superposed. ln such instances, the roll-suporting sleeve and shaft described can he omitted. The strip is advanced a step for the issuance of each ticket, the strip advancing during each step through an advance equal to the length of the ticket measured longitudinally of the strip. in order to insure correct registration between the ticket punching or marking means and the knife, which severs the ticket from the strip, and the corresponding portions of the ticket, means is provided for insuring movement of the strip through a definite distance at each step in its advance. rlhe means shown in the present instance for accomplishing this result, comprises a feed roll 6 which is fixed on a shaft 7, the ends of which are journaled iu the Vopposite sides of the main frame, the feed roll 6 having a circumference which is e mu tiple of the length of the ticket. The feed roll 6 also has registering pins er projections which extend radially from .its periphery, these pins in the present instance being arranged in pairs, and. the pairs of pins being spaced circumfeientially at intervals equal to the length of a ticket. The strip of tickets correspondingly provided with registering perforations 9 which are spaced longitudinally at distances conforining with the length of the tickets. The perfor-ations in the strip of tickets are preferably formed in the strip before the strip of tickets is placed in the machine, as the perforating of the strip may be performed conveniently at the time the tickets a 'e printed. The registering perforations in the strip are also preferably located adjacent to the dividing lines between adjacent tickets, as will hereinafter appear, in order that when the tickets are severed from the strip, these perforations will appear in an unused margin of the ticket. The strip 2 ispassed partially around the feed roll (3, as is clearly shown in Figure 4l, the pins 8 on the feed .roll registering` with and projecting inte or through the corresponding perforations 9 in the strip. 1n order to insure the maintenance of proper engagement between the registering pins on the feed roll and the perforations in the strip, a guard 10 is provided which has a surface which is concentric with the axis of the feed roll and this surface is arranged in close proximity to the periphery of the feed roll. rllhe strip 2 passes through and is thus confined in the annular space between the periphery of the feed roll and the guard and the strip is thus maintained in proper engagement with the registering pins on the feed roll. The strip 2 passes tangentially from the surface of the feed roll through channel formed between upper and lower lined plates 11 and 12 past a knife or equivalent severing` device 13 and into the field of operation of a punch or equivalent marking device. ln order to assist in the feeding` of the strip by the feed roll, a cooperative feed roll 145 is preferalily pro led, this cooperative feed roll haring a periphery which will operate in a. path hei'iween the pairs of registration pins P, or to otherwise avoid contact with these pins, and this cooperative feed roll bears on the enter side of 'the ticket strip 3, 'lhe coojficratire feed roll 14. is driven `the saine peripheral speed as that of the feed roll (i, in order that the ticket strip may be advanced easilv and with certainty by thesel Cir hence rotation of the main feed roll 6 will cause concurrent rotation of the cooperative feed roll at the same peripheral speed as that of the main feed roll G. Different means may be provided for rotating the mainfeed roll 6 to advance the ticket strip 2 the length of a ticket at each operation. It is preferable, however, to provide means which will initiate the feed motion of the main feed roll at a relatively slow speed than at a rapid speed and finally with a gradually diminishing speed until it again comes to rest, in order to enable the tickets to be fed at high speed from a roll, or similar source of supply, without causing sudden jerks upon the ticket strip. rEhe means shown in the prescnt instance for accomplishing this result consists of a Geneva movement which embodies a toothed wheel 19 fixed on the shaft 7 of the main feed roll, this wheel having tooth spaces 20 which correspond in number and angular spacing to the number of pairs of registering pins 8 in the feed roll, and an actuator which comprises an arm 21 iiXed on a driving shaft 22, this arm having a pin 23 which is arranged to operate successively in the tooth spaces 20 of the wheel 19, and a disk 24 which is also fixed on the driving shaft and is formed with a concentric periphery which is adapted to operate in the arcuate portions 26 of the wheel 19, these arcuate portions being concentric with the driving shaft 22, except when the pin 23 is operating in one o f the tooth spaces of the wheel 19, a cut-away portion 27 of the disk 24 being then presented to the wheel 19 so that the latter will clear the disk. The mode of opera-tion of the Geneva movement just described will be clear from Figure 1. In this figure the disk 24 which it will be understood revolves in a clockwise direction, is in such a position that the pin 23 on the driving shaft is about to enter one of the toot-h spaces of the wheel 19. As the disk 24, revolves, the pin 23 will enter the tooth space in the wheel 19 as this pin swings in an arc concentric with the driving shaft 22. The initial movement imparted to the wheel 19 while engaged by the pin 24 will obviously be very slow, but as the pin 23 continues its movement, the wheel 19 will be driven at increasing speed, the maxin'unn speed of movement inij'iarted 1i o the vwheel 1S) orcu rring when the pin 23 is in a line between the shafts 'T and 22, the feeding of a ticket at this moment being half completed. As the pin 23 moves out of this midway position, the speed of movement imparted to the wheel 19 will gradually diminish and the wheel 19 will cease to revolve when the pin 23 passes out of the tooth space. The concentric periphery 25 of the disk 24 will then rotate in the arcuate port-ion 2G of the toothed wheel and the disk 24 will vthus act as a lock to` hold the feed roll 6 for movement in either direction. A feeding device of this character not only enables the ticket strip to be fed at high speed without causing jerks thereon which would tend to break it or cause other diiculties in the feeding operation, but it also insures the feeding of each ticket to a precisely correct position relative to the punching or marking mechanism and the severing knife. The driving shaft 22 may be actuated in different ways. Preferably, however, this driving shaft is actuated by a shaft 28 which is connected to the shaft 22 through bevel gearing 29, the shaft 28 being operated by a crank 30, or other suitable actuating means located exteriorly of the casing. For example, this shaft may be actuated by a hand or foot treadle should such a mode of operation be desirable. 1n order to maintain the guard 10 in correct operative relation to the feed roll 6, this guard may be journaled at one end of the shaft 15 on which is mounted the oooperative feed roll 14 and the intermediate portion of the guard may be journaled on the shaft 22. The ticket marking device shown in the present instance is in the form of a punch. One member 31 of the punch which is formed with the openings 32 which receive the punches, is located substantially in the same plane with the lower guide plate 12 so that this lower member of the punch will lie beneath and will support the ticket in the strip when the same is advanced into cooperative relation with the punch. A removable receptacle 33 is preferably placed beneath the punch member 31 to receive and collect the pellets punched from the tickets. The other or upper member of the punch comprises a guide 34 in which operate a set of punches 35. In order to accommodate a sulficient number of punches within a relatively narrow width, these punches are preferably arranged in two rows with the punches of one row staggered in relation to the punches of the other row. 1t will be understood that the punch guide 34 is spaced above the lower punch member 31 so that each ticket on the strip will be introduced into the space be tween these punch members and that the punch holes 32 in the lower punch member correspond in number to and register with the punches the lower punch member 3l and the upper guide 34 being supported in relatively fixed position by the frame of the machine.

lVIeans is provided for quickly setting the machine so that any one of the punches-may be caused to operate to punch the desired portion of a ticket. F or example, Figure 9 represents one of the ticket blanks on the ticket strip, this ticket blank having two rows of ruled spaces 36 and 3T, eachlspace bearing a number. or other inscription which designates a fare zone, stat-ion or other point of issue, the spaces of one row being` staggered relatively to the spaces of the other row, the relative arrangement and location of these spaces on the ticket correciouding to the relative arrangement and location of the punches 35. it being understood that the feeding` mechanism hereinbefore described will, at each operation,` bring a ticket on the strip into such position that the ruled spaces on the ticket will be registered with the corresponding punches. 1n the present instance the particular means shown for actuating the apl'iropriate punch to produce a perforation or marking in the desired space on the ticket, compris is a lever 33 which fulcruroed on a smooth bar 39, the ends ofl which are fixed in the opposite sides of the main frame, the intermediate portion of the lever boinc1 engaged on opposite sides by the forks al() of' a nut ll, the forks of this nut being` preferably slotted as sl'lown and arranged to engage the bar 39 as a guide. rthe nut f-ll has a thread engagement with a screw 42, the ends of the latter being journaled in the opi'iosite sides of the frame of the machine. By this arrangement, rotation of the screw l2 in `one direction or the other will shift the lever 38 longitudinally on the bar S9. @ne end of the lever 38 is provided with a finger 13 which is adapted to cooperate with and to actuate any one of the. punches. For this purpose, the upper ends of the punches 35 are formed with yokes 414;. the openings in which are directed toward the bar 39, and the linger 4t2-l may project into the yoke of any one of the punches and when such :finger is moved downwardly, the punch which it engages will be actuated. rllhe linger 4:3, however, is no wider than the yoke of any one of the punches so that the finger, when operated, will actuate one punch only. The punches are retracted and are normally retained their elevated or inoperative position by individual springs 4:5. these springs retracting the punches until the yoltes til thereon abut against an alining bar or stop fle, this bar i6 causing the yokes on the sev cra-l punches to normally occupy a position of common alinement. rlChe linger 4:3 is then free to move laterally through the yokes of the several punches by shifting` it along the bar 39 by operation of the screw lf2, until the linger engages in the yoke of the punch which to be operated. The lever 38 which carries the linger il?) may be actuated in dilferent ways. lt is preferable, however, to actuate this4 lever by a cam el" l which is fixed on the shaft 22 and which cooperates with a. roller i8 carried on one arm 4-9 of a bell crank, the latter being pivoted on the fixed axis 50 and having its arm i9 connected by a link 5l to a cross bar 52, the link 51 having` one end of the cross bar 52 rigidly secured thereto. while the oppositie end of the cross bar is fixed inthe free end of an arm 53 which is pivoted on or concentrically with the bar 39. The lever 38 is provided with a fork which is adapted to operatively engage the cross bar 52 at any point in its length, the fork being shiftable along the cross bar 52, although remaining in operative relation therewith as the lever 38 is shifted longitudinally on the bar 39 by operation of the screw 12. A spring 55 attached to the other arm 56 of the bell crank acts to retain the roller t8 in proper working contact with the cam et?, this spring acting to retract the punch, or the punch actuating lever, after each operation thereof.

The screw 42 which sets the finger f3 to actuate any selected punch may be operated in different ways and the present invention provides means for indicating the setting of the punches so that the operator of the machine, or the ticket purchaser, may know beforehand how the ticket will be lumeliied for any different setting of the machine. As shown, the said means cornprises a shaft 5S which is suitably journaled in the frame of the machine and is operatively connected to one end of the screw 42 by bevel gearing 59, orequivalent means, this shaft 58 being provided exteriorly of the machine with a knurled head 60, or other suitable operating handle, whereby the shaft 58 may be revolved to cause cor responding revolving motion of the scren7 42, such motion of the screw obviously acting on the nut 4-1 to shift the lever 38 longitudinally along the bar 39 to bring the iinger 43 into operative relation with any one of the punches. The means which indicates the setting ofthe punches comprises preferably adial 61 which is preferably cylindrical in form and this dial bears on its periphery indicia corresponding to the ruled spaces on the ticket. The casing which encloses the machine is provided with suitable sight openings through which the indicia on the dial will be visible individually, it being understood that the indicia is so located on the dial that the indicia on the dial visible through the sight openingv in the casing will correspond to the particular punch for which the machine is set to operate. Preferably, a sight opening 62 is formed in the front wall of the casing of the machine to be used by the purchaser of the ticket in .determining the zone, station or other point of issue to be marked on the ticket when the ticket is taken from the machine, while another sight opening G3 formed in one of the other walls of the machine may be used by the conductor, ticket seller, or

other person operating the machine to asy sist in setting the machine to properly punch or mark the ticket. Obviously, where a plurality ofsight openings are provided through which corresponding indicia are simultaneously visible, a corresponding number of sets of .indicia must be appropriately provided and located on the dial. The indicating dial is set concurrently with the setting of the punch operating mechanism and these two operations are preferably acccmolished by the shaft 58. .For this purpose, the shaft 58 is connected by gears 64 to an intermediate shaft 65, and the latter is connected by gearing 66 to the dial shaft 67, the ratios of these gears being such to cause the proper degree of rotation of the dial relatively to the indicia borne thereon to conform with the setting of the punch actuating lever 38 by the screw 42.

Means is preferably provided for preventing operation of the machine through the handle 80, unless the machine is correctly sct to punch the ticket. Such means consists preferably of a disk 68 which is fixed on the shaft 58, this disk having notches 69 therein, and a lever 7() pivoted at 71 is provided which has a beveled projection 72 which is adapted to engage in any one of the notches 69 under the action of spring 73, it being understood that these notches 69 are so located and the gear ratio between the shaft 58 and the dial is so proportioned that the lever may yieldingly hold the shaft 58 in any one of the various positions corresponding to any selected punch of the series, although application of a force suitable to rotate the shaft 58 and thus change the setting of the machine will disengage the beveled projection 72 from the notch in the disk. The lever 70 will, therefore, serve to yieldingly retain the machine in any condition in which it may be set relatively to the operation of a selected punch and the indication of suoli setting by the dial. rl`he locking means comprises the notched disk 68 and a lever 74 which is pivoted at 75 to a stationary part of the machine and is provided with a locking dog 76 which, when the shaft 58 occupies a correct position for the operation of any one of the punches, will swing into a notch 69 in thc disk 68,.y but if the setting shaft 58 has not been brought into a position to properly set the punches and the dial, the dog 76 will not enter a notch in the disk 6H, but will strike upon a portion of the periphery of the disk, thus preventing a coniplete movenient of the lever 74. This lever 74 is provided with a spring 77 which normally acts to retract the dog 76 relatively to the disk 68. The operating shaft 28 has a disk or other suitable member 78 fixed thereon and this disk is provided with a shoulder 79 which is arranged to strike a stop 80 on the lever 74 when the operating shaft 28 has completed an operation, it being understood that the shaft 28, as shown iu Figure 3, is revolved in a clockwise direction to effect operation of the machine. The

engagement of the shoulder 79 on the disk 78 with the stop 80 on the lever 74 will thus lock the machine from operation until the lever 7 4; is swung through an angle sufficient to remove the stop 80 thereon from the path of movement of the shoulderl 79. Unlocking is effected preferably by a projection 8i which is fixed to the disk 78 and is arranged in the path of a finger 82 formed on a latch 88, the latter being pivoted at 815 on the lever 7a and normally held in the path of the projection 81 by a spring 85, a stop 86 on the lever r74 limiting the movement of the latch under the influence of the spring 85. By this arrangement, a reverse or anti-clockwise rotation of the operating shaft 28, as a preliminary to the actuating or clockwise rotation of this shaft will cause the projection 8l on the disk 78 to move to the left in Figure 8, thus bringing it against the end of the finger 82, and the latter being attached to the lever 7 t will cause the said lever to swing in a direction to force the dog 76 thereon into a properl located notch 69 inthe disk 68. If the s aft 58 has been properly set, oneof the notches 69 in the disk 68 will register with the dog 76 and the latter may, therefore, enter the notch sufficiently to enable the stop 80 on the lever' 74 to be swung clear of the path of the tooth or shoulderl 79 on the disk 78, land when the lever 74 has been swung or displaced to this extent, a retaining latch 87 which is pivoted at 88 to relatively fixed part of the frame, will operate under the action of its spring 89 to engage a tooth 90 thereon with a notch 9i formed in the peripheral portion of the lever 74, whereby the latter will be held in its unlocked position,` the stop 8O being clear of the tooth or shoulder.79 of the disk 78, while the dog 76 is locked in a notch 69 in the disk 68. The shaft 28 may then be rotated in 'a righthand direction through a rcomplete revolution which will perform a complete cycle of operations within the machine, and the final part of this revolution el" the shaft .18 will cause a pin 92, which projects from one side of the disk 78 to ride upon a beveled part 9? on the latch 87, thus pushing the tooth 90 on this latch out of. cfwagement with the uotch'9l in the lever 7i and the latter acting' under the influence of its spring 77 will restore the lever 74 to its normal position with the stop 8O thereon in the path of the tooth or shoulder 7 9 on the disk7 8, the engagement of the tooth or shoulder 79 with the stop 80 arresting the rotation of the operating shaft 28 at the completion of ya single revolution thereof. Thus after the machine has been properly set to punch a ticket, it may be unlocked and operated to effect such punching, but while 'the machine is being operated to punch the ticket, the punch setting means llO is locked `against any change `until after the CIK furthermore, only oneticket can be punched and issued at each operation of the machine, If it should happen that the shaft 58 has not been set correctly to effect a selected punching, the dog 76, when the lever Te is displaced by the preliminary reverse rotation ofthe shaft 28, will strike a portion of the periphery of the disk 68, thus preventing a complete movement of the lever 74. The tooth 90on the latch 87, therefore, will not engage Vthe notch 91, and hence the stop on the `lever Tlwill not beheld out of the path of the tooth or shoulder 79 on the disk 7S. Rotation `of the shaft 28, in a clockwise direction to effect the operation of the machine, will then be prevented until the shaft 58 has been properly set.

The machine embodies vnuaansfor severing each punched or marked ticket from the ticket strip in order to facilitate the issuance of the ticket to the purchaser. Preferably, and as shown, the severing of each 4ticket from the strip is effected vby the knife '13 which is .located at a suitable point between the punches and the feed roll `6 so that the knife will sever the tickets on .the proper lines separating adjacent tickets. The knife, as shown, consists of a plate which is fastened to a slide 94, this slide being suitably guided to operate vertically or transversely of the direction of the .feed of the `ticket strip, and a pair of levers are operativeiy connected to the opposite ends of the slide 94- and are fixed to va cross shaft 96, the ends `of which are suitably journaled inthe opposite ysides of the frame of the machine. The levers 95 are preferably operated from the cam 4:7 which serves to actuate the punches, for which purpose these levers 95 are operatively connected to the cross bar 52 by links 5l. With such an arrangement, the knife 13 will operate to sever a ticket from the strip concurrently with the operation of punching such ticket.

Means is also provided for feeding the last ticket or tickets of the strip from the machine, such means comprising a roller 98 which is fined to a shaft 99 and is arranged -to frictionally bear upon the portion of the ticket strip. resting on the lower guide plate l2. Une end of the shaft 99 projects through one side of the machine to the exterior thereof and is provided with a knurled head, or other suitable operating` partlOO which may be manipulated manually by the operator of the machine to advance the final portion of the ticket strip after the same has passed beyond the' main feed roll 6.

It is to be understood that the tickets on the `ticket strip are so advanced that when the spaces of the ticket to receive a mark to indicate its point of issue are brought into register with the punches or equivalent marking devices, the opposite end of the ticket projects from the casing of the machine for a sufficient distance to enable the purchaser thereof to grasp and thus remove it after it has been punched and severed, but it is obvious that other modes of delivering the tickets 1n ay be employed.

The mode of operation of the machine4 as shown is as follows: rlihe appropriate punch or marking device is selected and brought into use by rotation of the knob 'or handle 60, the dial indicating that the machine is set to punch or mark the desired space in the ticket when the indicia thereon corresponding to such space appears in the sight opening or openings in the casing. i/Vith the machine set to appropriately punch or mark the ticket, the crank 8O is partially revolved in an anti-clockwise direction (Fig. 3), which serves to unlock this crank for clockwise rotation and to lock the setting means to prevent any change in its setting during the punching or marking' operation. The crank 80 is then rotated through a full revolution and returned substantially to the position shown in Figure 3. The first part of this forward revolution of the crank causes the Geneva movement to rotate the main feed roll 6 through a predetermined and fixed angle which will advance the ticket :through a given distance which will bring the different mark-receiving spaces on a ticket into accurate correspondence with the respective punches or marking devices. Vfhen the advance of the ticket strip has been completed, the Geneva movement locks the ticket strip against movement in either direction while the crank 30 continues its revolution, and this continued revolution of the crank causes the cam 47 to actuate the selected punch through the medium of the lever 38 and also to actuate the knife 13 through the medium of the lever 95, whereby the ticket is punched and the punched ticket is severed from the remainder of the ticket strip. During the final portion of the revolution of the crank 30, the latch 87 is released by the pin 9:2 which trips the part 93 on the latch, thus permitting` the control lever Tet to return to its normal position to unlock the disk G8 which controls the setting` means and to bring the stop 8() into the path; of the tooth 7 9, the engagement of the latter with the stop 80 arresting the rotation of the crank. The projection 8l in returning to its normal position as shown in Figure 3, merely pushes aside the finger 82. When this cycle of operations has been completed., thel machine is in condition for similar subsequent operation, and the next ticket may be issued either without changing the setting of the marking device or after thel setting has been changed as may be required.

ift will also be understood that while punches have been shown and described for marking the ticket with the desired designation, other modes of marking the tickets may be employed, although the punching method is most advantageous and is generally preferred.

It'is also to be understood that while the invention has been described as applied particularly to a machine for marking the point of issue upon tickets adapted to be used in connection with a Zone fare collection system, yet the invention is applicable to other uses Where it is desirable or necessary to punch or otherwise mark tickets, checks or similar devices with a designation which will impart to the ticket or the like some definite meaning in connection with its intended use The present Ainvention provides a relatively simple and cflicient machine capable of operating at relatively high speed to issue tickets or similar devices, appropriately marked, from a strip in the form of a roll, bundle or the like, with certainty and regularity and Without liability of breaking the strip or otherwise disarranging the machine; it is capable of insuring correct registration between each ticket and the punching or equivalent marking device, and also the knife or severing device, and hence accuracy in the marking of the tickets and severance of the tickets on their intended lines of severance are insured, and when the safety devices are employed, the machine is locked or restrained from operation unless it is set te correctly perform a punching or marking operation, and the issuance of more than one ticket at each operation of the machine is prevented.

I claim as my inventionl. A machine for issuing tickets having' spaces thereon to receive a designating mark, comprising means capable of making a designating mark in any one of said spaces in a ticket, and means for feeding a ticket to bring the said spaces thereon into definite cooperative relation with said marking means.

2. A machine for issuing tickets having different portions adapted to receive a designating mark, comprising marking means capable of operating on any one of said portions of the ticket, and means for advancing a strip of such tickets to bring the different mark-receiving portions thereon into definite cooperative relation with said marking means.

3. A machine for issuing tickets having spaces thereon to receive a designating mark, comprising marking means capable of operation on any one of said portions of the ticket, and means for advancing a strip of such tickets to bring each ticket thereon into cooperative relation with the marking means, embodying a feed roll having registering projections to cooperate with registering perfm'ations in the ticket strip.

4t. In a machine for marking tickets, the combination oi" marlvi'ng means, and means for advancing a ticket strip to bring tickets thereon succesf-iively into cooperative relation With the marking means embodying a feed roll having registering rnfojections to cooperate with registering perforations in the ticket strip engaging the periphery of such roll, and a segmental guard cooperative With the portion of the strip which engages the feed roll to retain it in cooperative relation with the registering projections.

5. In a machine for marking tickets, the comb' `lation of marking' means, and means for advancing a ticket strip to bring the different tickets thereon into y':ooperative relation with the marking means embodying a feed roll the periphery of which engages one side of the ticket strip, a cooperative feed roll which bears periliherally on the opposite side of the 'ticket strip, and driving means connecting said feed rolls for driving them at equal peripheral speed.

G. In a machine for marking tickets. the combination of marking means. main feeding means for advancing a ticket strip to bring the tickets successively into coopera- 'tive relation with the marking` means, an auxiliary feeding means engaging ticket strip at a point between the main feeding means and marking means and operative independently of the main feeding means to advance the ticket at the final end of the ticket strip, to the marking means.

7. In a machine for issuing tickets, means 1for feeding, a strip of tickets comprising a feed roll to cooperate with the ticket strip, an operating member for the feed roll and means for rotatingl said roll intermittently by a movement which accelerates gradually from Zero to maximum and then diminishes gradually in speed to Zero relatively to the movement of said operating member.

8. In a machine for issuing tickets, the combination of ticket marking means, means for feeding a strip of tickets to said marking means comprising a feed roll to eeoiierate with the ticket strip, a revoluliile operating shaft, a Geneva movement connected to said feed roll Yfor actuating the latter during each revolution of' said operating shaft, and actuating means for the marking means operative in unison with the operating shaft to actuate the marking means during the period the feed roll is at rest.

9. In a machine for marking and issuing tickets, means forv marking tickets, means for feeding a ticket strip to bring the tickets thereon successively into cooperative rela-- tion with the markingmeans, and positiveoperating` means acting at one period in its operation to actuate the feeding means and at another period in its operation to lock the the feeding' means from movement and concurrently actuate the marking` means.

l0. ln a machine for marking tickets, means for marking tickets, means for feeding a .ticket strip to bring the tickets thereon successively into cooperative relation 'with the marking; means, a common operating' memberI for the marking and feeding' means, and a Geneva movement between said operating' member and the feeding,r means.

ll. ln a machine for issuing' tickets` the combination of ticket marking means, 'ticket severing means, means for feeding' a ticket strip to bring' the tickets thereon successively into cooperative relation with the 'ticket marking; and severing` means, and operating` means acting at one period in its operation to actuate the feeding means, and at another period to lock the feeding' means from movement and to actuate the marking and severing' means during such period.

l2. ln a machine for marking' ticketsl` the combination of means for feeding' a ticket strip containing' tickets provided with spaces to receive designating; means capable of being set to mark any one of said spaces in each ticket as the tickets are fed successively thereto, and means governed according' tothe setting` of the marking means for controlling' the actuation of the feedingl means.

13. ln aV machine for marking tickets,c the combination of means for feeding a `ticket having spaces thereon to receive a designating' mark, a plurality of individually operative marking' devices, selecting` means capable of setting' any one of said marking dcviccs to mark any one of said spaces on sach ticket, and means controlled according; to the manner of setting the marking` devices for actuating the marking devices.

le. ln machine for marking' tickets, the combination of marking' means capable of being set selectively to individually mark any selected space on a ticket having spaces any one of which may receive such mark, actuating' means .for the marking means, and means for restraining: the, marking means from operation except When the selected marking' means is properly set to mark the selected space on the ticket.

11". ln a machine for marking tickets each having' a plurality of spaces any one of which may receive a designating mark, the combination of a plurality of individually operative marking' means capable of being set to mark any one of the spaces in such ticket, means for setting the marking` means for operation to mark any selected space of the ticket, and means controlled by the settine' means for actuating' the marking` means.

lG. In a machine for marking tickets, means for feeding` a ticket strip containing tickets each having` a plurality of spaces marks, marking'.

adapted to be marked, marking' means capable of being to mark any one of the spaces on a ticket fed thereto, means for settiirg` the marking means to mark any selected space of a ticket, actuating' means for the feeding,` means and the marking' means, and means controlled by the position of the setting means for governing the operation ot the actuating' means.

i7. ln a machine for marking; tickets. means for feeding' a ticket strip containing' tickets each having a plurality of spaces adapted to be marked, marking); means capable of being' set to mark any one of the spaces in a ticket fed thereto, means for setting' the marking means to mark any selected space of a ticket fed thereto, oi'ierating: means acting; during one period in its operation to drive the feeding' means to feed a ticket to the. marking means and acting daring' another period of its operation to actnate the marking); means, and controlling means between said set-ting' means and operating' means for preventingl actuation of the latter unless the marking means is properly set to mark the selected space of a ticket.

1S. In a ticket-marking machine, the combination of means for marking' any one of a plurality of spaces in av ticket, means for setting' said marking means to mark a selected space on such ticket, means for actuating' the marking' means, and means groverned by the actuating means for locking' the setting means to prevent a change in its setting during the operation of said actiniting;l means,

19. ln a ticket-marking' machine, the conibination of means capable of marking any one of a plurality of spaces in a ticket, means for setting the marking' means to mark the selected space on such ticket, and actuating` means for the marking means which is restrained from operation unless the marking' means is properly set to mark the selected space on the ticket, the setting means being restrained from operation to edi'ect a chance in its setting during' the operation of tne marking means.

20. ln a ticket-marking' machine, the combination of means for' marking any one of a plurality of spaces in a ticket, means for setting the marking means to niark any selected space in such ticket, means for actuatinn` the marking' means, and an interlock between the setting means and said actuating' means to prevent operation of the actuating` means unless' the setting' means is properly set to mark the selected part of the .ticket and to prevent any change in the setting of the marking means during' the operation of its actuating means.

2l. In a ticket issuing machine, the combination of feeding means for advancing a Y.ifet marking machine, the coinbination of' marking means capable of marl*- ing any selected one ott a plurality of portions of a cket, means iior setting the markto mark `the selected portion of erating member Yfor the marleviis operativo when an op eration I, has been completed and which is c )able of being unlo ed to permit a siiliffiequeiit (,peiation o aid member when the ii'iarking means is properly set to mark the selected portion oit a ticket but is retained in locked condition 'when the means not so set in a machine 'for marking tickets, the irking .i i It- 'k any selected portion of a ticket. s for actuating the marking means, and an inter-control between the setting means and the actuating means ci'ininfist a controliing member positioned according to the setting oit the marie ing in ns, a second controlling member movabic with the actuating means, and cooperativo lockinj member operative when in one position to iock the setting' means and .to unlock the actuating means and operative in another position to lock the acti'lating means and t() unioriA 'the setting Incans.

A. ln a machine 'or marking tickets, the combination o? a piurali y' ot reriprocatory devices rapable oir' ma g diiierent portions of l'et, an actuating member shi'ltable into posrions to selectively and individuallyY operate any one oi? said re 'L rocatory devices, and means operative by and concurrently `with the setting oi' the actuating member for indicating the setting of the marking devices.`

25. In a machine for marking tickets, the combination of means capable of marking different portions of a ticket, means for set ting the marking means to mark any selected portion oit a ticket, a rotatable indicating dial bearing 'desi gnat-ions corresponding with said diii'erent portions ol the 'ticket to be marked, and means connected to and operative concurrently with the setting means to position saiddial to exhibit a designation thereon corresponding with ythe setting of the marking means.

26. In a machine for marking tickets, a row of punches, an actuator mounted to travel longitudinally' oi? said row of punches to cooperate with any selected punch of the row, means for setting said actuator and for retaining it in any one of its set positions, and means governed by the position of said setting means for controlling the operation of the selected punch.

27.5ln a machine for punching tickets, a row of reciprocatory punches, an actuator mounted to move into operative relation with any selected punch. of the series and into inoperative relation w'ith the remaining punches of the series, a screw cooperative with the actuator for setting it, and means operative by the screw for governing the operation of the actuator.

28. In a machine for punching tickets, a series of individually operative punches, a single actuator common to all the punches of the series, a screw for shifting the actuator into cooperativerelation with any one punch of the series, a toothed member connected to said screw, a detent (3o-operative with said toothed member for retaining the actuator in operative position relatively to each punch of the series, and means cooperative with said toothed member to govern the operation ot said actuator.

29. In a. machine for punching tickets, a plurality of rows oi punches, the punches in one row alternating with those of the adjacent row, and an actuator common to the punches of the dii'erent rows and movable relatively into cooperativerelation with the different punches thereof.

30. In a punching device, the combination oit adjacent rows of reciprocatory punches, lthose of one row alternating with those of the adjacent row, each punch having an actuating yoke thereon, the yokes of the punches of the different rows being in common alinement when the punches are retracted, and a common actuator for the punches in the different rows, said actuator being shiftable into cooperative relation with the actuating yoke of any one of said punches.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

GAR-L 0. FEDDERN. Witnesses P. C. SNOW, P. H. BARNES. 

